Marzipan Bars

Name: Marzipan Bars
Ingredients: 2 cups powdered sugar C and H, unsifted; 1 1/2 cups blanched almonds ground, 2 cups; 1 egg white; 2 tablespoons water; 2 cups all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 cup powdered sugar C and H, unsifted; 1 cup butter or margarine; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1 egg

10 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

2 cups powdered sugar C and H, unsifted
1 1/2 cups blanched almonds ground, 2 cups
1 egg white
2 tablespoons water
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup powdered sugar C and H, unsifted
1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg

Directions

1

Filling: Combine sugar and ground almonds and mix thoroughly. Add egg white and mix. Stir in water to thick consistency. Set aside.
2

Crust: Combine flour, baking powder and sugar. Cut butter into flour mixture with pastry blender until evenly distributed. Mix vanilla with egg; stir into flour mixture. Set aside 3/4 cup dough. Press remaining dough evenly into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan. Spread marzipan over dough. Form remaining dough into 1/2-inch strips and arrange in large lattice pattern over filling. Bake in 350-degree oven 35 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into 36 bars (about 2-inches by 1-1/2-inches).
3

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